Question: Why Does Photoshop Take So Long to Save?

According to a source that I found online (Mac Performance Guide) Photoshop uses a “slow single CPU core operation” when saving compressed files. … Adding compression to PSD and PSB files means smaller file sizes, which in turn take up less space on your hard drive.

Why is Photoshop saving so slow?

In the days of CS5, a number of retouchers and photographers aired their concerns to Adobe, and the problem essentially boiled down to the fact that Photoshop only uses a single CPU core when compressing PSD and PSB files (this is why PSD files can also often save rather slowly once they get to around 1GB or so).

What do you do when Photoshop won’t save?

If the file is not saving then let’s check your User Preferences:

1. You can try the same file under a different user (system user).
2. If it does not have the problem, Let’s reset your preferences. …
3. Go to the Preferences dialog box. …
4. Click on the Reset Preferences On Quit button. …
5. Quit out of Photoshop then Restart.